Our Nourish Campaign

For more than 40 years, we’ve been working every day to end hunger in our community. It is our shared responsibility to help our neighbors build healthy, secure lives, and strengthen the communities they call home.

We know there are areas of need that remain underserved in Cook County – and, the numbers are certain to grow. The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the risk of hunger that too many of our neighbors face. The number of older adults living on fixed incomes, and facing mobility and health challenges, is expected to significantly increase. Households with children, particularly those headed by single mothers, and the unemployed and underemployed, are also at greater risk of food insecurity.

The Nourish Campaign is our bold response to hunger across Chicago and Cook County, now and into the future. In the next phase of our plan, we will break ground on new facilities – and the next chapter in our mission to end hunger. While the COVID-19 crisis has affected our timeline, it has also confirmed the need for this transformative response. As we advance our plans, we are incorporating learnings from this crisis to ensure long-term impact.

Join Our Response

Your partnership is essential to the expanded, more efficient response to hunger in our community. Learn more and get involved.

See What’s Next

In 2021, we aim to break ground on new facilities – and the next chapter in our mission to end hunger. Your support makes this transformational moment possible.

Help Us Respond

Be a part of this transformational vision. Contact us to find out how you can advance the Nourish campaign.Send Us a Message

Greater Ambition

Renovations completed in October 2019 make our facility more efficient and effective. We increased our capacity to store and distribute fresh fruits and vegetables. We remodeled our volunteer center to improve the overall experience and create more opportunities for youth and families.

Greater Opportunity

Expanded operations will allow us to train and empower more unemployed and underemployed adults with in-demand skills and experience in foodservice, hospitality, and warehouse operations. We will also grow our nutrition education programming. By educating our community about nutrition, we are investing in a healthier future for all.

Greater Together

We know our community has an increasing need for economic development and healthy, accessible food. To respond, we will invest in both workforce training and home-delivered meal preparation. Once fully operational, the meal preparation facility will produce more than 4 million meals a year.